Joseph Maestas (born 1960/1961)[1] is an American politician and engineer who is the current Auditor of New Mexico.

In 2014, he was elected to serve as a member of the Santa Fe City Council for the second district.

[5] Maestas was also a candidate for mayor of Santa Fe in 2018, losing to Alan Webber.

[6][7][8] In the 2020 election, Maestas was a candidate for the third district on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.

He defeated Brian Harris in the Democratic primary and Libertarian nominee Chris Luchini in the November general election.